Google, Hit With Record $5 billion EU Antitrust fine, To Appeal

EU antitrust regulators hit Google with a record 4.34 billion euro ($5 billion) fine on Wednesday and ordered it to stop using its Android mobile operating system to block rivals, a ruling which the U.S. tech company said it would appeal.The penalty is nearly double the previous record of 2.4 billion euros which the U.S. tech company was ordered to pay last year over its online shopping search service. It represents just over two weeks of revenue for Google parent Alphabet Inc. and would scarcely dent its cash reserves of $102.9 billion. But it could add to a brewing trade war between Brussels and Washington.

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I found reaction. Google appeals EU judgment. Google does not accept a fine from EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, and appeals the judgment, declares the world's largest IT giant. - Android has created more choices for everyone, not fewer - says spokesman Al Verney.